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CASH REGISTER. APPLICATION r1LED snPT.7,`191z-.

1,083,035. Patented Deo. 30, 1913.

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CASH REGISTER. APPLIGATIONHLBD SEPT. fr, 1912.

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- companying drawings THOMAS MCGREGOR SIB'BALD, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

Specification ef Letters Patent,

A CASH-REGISTER.

latentcdleco, 1913.

Application tiled September 7, 1912. Serial No. 719,248.

To all fte/mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS MCGnEcou SIBDALD, a subject of the King of Great' Britain, and residentof the city of Toronto. Ontario, Canada, Ahave invented certain new and useful Improvements 4in Cash-:Registers, of which the following is a. specification.

'lhe invention relates to improvements in recording cash tills, as described in the pres A ent specification, and illustrated in the acthat form part of the same. A.

The vinventitm consists essentially 'ot the novel arrangement and construction of parts, whereby a plurality of plungers 'deliver coins of the differentAdenominationsto corresponding compartments in the till and eoincidently record caehventry thereof.

The objects of the invention are to devise a till of'simple and inexpensive construction particularly adapted for receiving the receipts ot' small purcliases made in coin, whereby the same may be del'iosited in the till by the purchaser and a complete record kept of all amounts received without the use of ink, type or other complicated attachment.

In the drawings. Figure 1 is -a sectional perspective view of a counter, showing lhe till arranged ltherein. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the counter and till.

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view ot' the counter and till. Fig. 4 a sectionalpcrspe tive view of the counter with the till removed, showing a detail view of thc record-- ing met ,anism Fig. 5 is a perspective detail view of the plunger. Fig. G is a per-- spcctive view of the bracket supporting 'the ratchet.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

Referring to' .the drawings, 1 is a counter or other stand on which it is desired to support the till, though it must. be understood that in the present specification, the inven- -t-ionis shown as applied to a. counter such as used in bars, whereby the receivingr portion of the till as hereinbeforc described may be placed level with the surface of the counter in order that the coins may be readily deposited.

having the bottom 3 and sides 4, and adapted tocontain the till and receiving'mecha- .'nis'ni as hereinafter described.

5 are grooves made in the sides 4 adjacent the top thereof.

(S is the receiving drawer of the till slidinginto the opening Q on the bottom thereot', and ha ving compartmentsv arrapged therein by the partitions 7 as customary in ycash receiving drawers..

S is ythe plunger easing comprising the top, `and bottom plates 9 and-10 respectively, the front strip 11 and the back strip 12, said front and back .strips spacing the plates 9 and 10 one from the other to receive the plungers. Thcplungcr casing 8 tits over the opening 2, and extends into the groove thereby forming a sliding top for said :openingr level with the top ofthe counter proper.

13 are plate ll.

l-l -are slots through the bottom plate 10, and in alinemcnt with the opening 13.

1:7 are orifices through the top plate 9 graduated to the dilt'crent sized coins.

l() are `orifices through the bottom plate l0 corresponding in number and size with the orifices 15 through the top plate.

17. are plunger-s slidably arranged between thc plates tl and 10, and having. the downopcnings through the front .wardly otfset inner ends 1S terminating in the needle points 15J. and extending through the'slots 14. The plungers ii' at the outer ends thereof project through the openings 13. and have the buttons 2() secured thereto.

2l are orifices through the plungers 17 intermediate et the length thereof.

42 .are bracket arms extending downwardly from the bottom plate-1.0.

43 are spiral springs hooked between the downwardly extending ends 18 of the plungers and the bracket arms Q2, and normally holding each plunger to its outward position with the button some 'distance from the front plate 11, and the. orifice Q1 thereof directly' beneath anorifice 15 in the top plate, the otfset inner end 18 ol the plunger abutting one end of the slot 11.

To make. the payment of :rpm-chase the purchaser placescoins in the ditlerent orificos l5 according,r to the denon'iination indieatcch--and the .salesman or receiving clerk on the inside of the counter pushes the hut-. ton of the plunger in which the coin has heeiifplacetl, and the coin is thus '-arried in the? Efxl: of the plunger between the top a-ndi'bjdttom plates of the plunger casing until the coin is directly over the orifice 16.

f the downu-arlfll y turned innc'r ends of the through which it falls'to the proper compartrncnt in the till.

In order to record the number ot coins paid into the till and their denomination a roll ot paperis arranged to be punched by the needle ends of the plungers as hereina'tcr descrilied.

22 is a back board arranged to slide vertically into the baekof the opening 2 in the. counter top.

23 and 2t are roller brackets secured to i the. back board-22 at each end thereof.

25 isa pinl rotatably mounted in one of g the brackets 24, and having the squared ini ner end Gand the ratchet27 tixedly mounted on the outer end thereof.

28, are pins extending inwardly from. the remaining. of the brackets 23 and 24, the brackets at the end ofthe board opposite the ratchet' being made of spring' metal, whereby they may be"spru ng outwardly to receive the rollers 29 and 30, said rollershaving recesses in the ends thereof to receive the pins extending from the brackets, with e123 reces=A squared tofit the squared inner end 2G of the pin 3l is a roll of paper wound about the roller 29,` and threaded therefrom onto the roller 30, v

is a bar secured to the back board 22, and extendingthercalong immediately hehind the paper 31, and between the rolls 29 and 30. 33 are oritices at intervals tnroughout the length ot the har 32,' and arranged oppositethe needle points 19 of the plunger 17.

34 is 'a trip rodjournaled at each end thereof in the brackets 'seeured at each side of the opening 2 toward the back thereof.

3G are trip arms secured to the trip rod 34 at intervals throughout the length there of, and extemling upwardly therefrom, and having the laterally turned end 37 passing immediately behind .the downwardly turned ends 18 of the lungers 17.

3S is a pawl) arms 36, and enjfaging with the teethof the l ratchet wheel 2o.

35) is a spiral spring having one end' thereof secured tothe trip arm carrying the pawl, and the other end thereof secured to one side 4 of the opening 2, whereby the trip arms are normally held to Contact with i i I i plungprs.

Mits a bell arranged in any convenient place toward the back of the opening 2.

4l is a striker secured to the trip rod 34, and ar 'anged to .contact with the bell 4() each time the trip arms are actuated by the plungers.

Cach time a plunger is moved inwardly to carryv a coin into the till as hereiubefore f secured to one of the trip i explained, the needle point at the inner end ot the plunger will pass through the paper, and into one of the orilices 33 in the bar 32, -said bar 32 supporting the paper while bein` pnnctured. Coincident with the piercing o l the paper the plunger moves the upper end of enc of the trip arms 8G inwardly, thereby rocking` the trip rod 311, and moving the pawl SS inwardly past 'the ratchet 25, and it may be here explained that the pawl is counter-weighted whereby it is continually held in contact with the ratchet, and is further of sufficient length to allow the tooth thereof to pass beyond the ratchet a sufiic-ient distance to allow the needle end of the plunger to pierce the paper and withdraw therefrom before the spring 39 has returned the trip arm a. suilicient distance for the tooth of the pawl to engage with the 'ratchet and move the same one tooth, thereby rotating the roll 30, and moving the paper a sufficient distance to receive another pierce. In this. manner each movement of the plunger to deposit a coin in the till registers on the roll of paper opposite the denouiination of the Acoin deposited, and the back board 22 with the paper thereon may he readily removed from the opening 2 by drawing the plunger casino 8 outwardly a slight distance, and the numtber of punetures in the paper may -be readily counted, the different rowsappearing thereon signifying the different; denominations of coin. It will be thus understood that a complete'record of all cash received will be kept, and it will be thus necessary for the salesman or receiving clerk to be certain that a coin of the proper value is recorded by each plunger, and as the purchaser deposits the money it is absolutely necessary for the receiving clerk to operate the plunger or plungers nec essary to deposit the amount of the Apurchase.

Many modifications may be made in the ;details of construction, without depart-ing fromthe spirit'of my invention, and I do notl wish the same-to be confined to the exact 'form shown in the accompanying drawings.

' that I claim as my invention is:

In combination, a coin receiving drawer,

.a plunger casing arranged above said drawer and comprising upper and lower plates having a series of oritices arranged therethrough in pairs the one ot each pair being out of register with the other, a plurality of plungers reeiprocatorily'arranged between said casing plates and' each having an orifice therethrough adapted to register .successively with the orifices of each pair in -said plates and having pointed inner ends, a pair of rolls rotatably mounted adjacent said plunger casing and carrying a strip of paper, a ratchet secured to one ot' said rolls, a trip rod journaled adjacent said rolls,

Spxngheld trip arms secured to said trip rodfand adapted to be engaged by said plungers, a pawl carried by one ofsad tldp. f

gers

Same.

Signed at clty of Toronto, Canada, tlus extenc upon the reciprocaton of the arms and engaging with Asal filmke/t., eighth day of July 1912.

platen bnr supported between s .aicl rg and THOMAS MCGREGOR SIBBALD. having 21 Series 0f Orifices themtlu'eugNQver Witnesses: n which said Strip of. paper asses and into E.FL00D,

which the 'pointed nne en [s of said plun- I Cs Com. 

